Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 5:15 a.m. in "The City." My DTWS is displaying a current temperature of 41° that according to the NWS feels like 35°, with a wind out of the southeast @ 11 mph. We are at the overnight low of 41° right now. The sun will rise today @ 8:26 a.m. and set tonight @ 6:30 p.m.

The NWS has continued that Small Craft Advisory from South Haven to Manistee until 7 :00 a.m. tomorrow. In between, winds will blow @ 15 - 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots and wave heights up to eight feet included in that forecast. 

When we visited the GH State Park late yesterday, there was only one kite-surfer in the water near the south pier and the lighthouses. So, I took some pix of that surfer and the "Big Lake" herself. Here in the Midwest, Lake Michigan is known as the "Inland Ocean" so it seemed appropriate for me to add Jimmy Buffet's Mother Ocean courtesy of You Tube. Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm8z5_owqb4

Here are some of the pix I took while we were at GH State Park near the south pier and the beach.

The "Big Lake" was angry yesterday. 

"Look down and see the world." That's a quote from yours truly.

It was still early, so only a lone kite-surfer was enjoying the waves.

Here are he and his kite in the same shot. 

The waves may be bigger today as they were forecast to build overnight. 

Elsewhere in the news, the 8 - 0 overall, 2nd place in the Big 10 East conference Spartans of MSU, are visiting the 5 - 3, 3rd place in the Big 10 West conference, Boilermakers of Purdue for a game this afternoon @ 3:30 p.m.

The 7 - 1, overall, 3rd place  in the Big 10 East conference Wolverines of Michigan will be hosting the 2 - 6 overall, 8th place in the Big 10 West conference Hoosiers of Indiana at the "Big House" in Ann Arbor, MI for a game tonight @ 7:30 p.m.

The Huskies of NIU, 4 - , 1st place in the MAC 10 conference and 6 - 3 overall, will be off until Wednesday night @ 7:00 p.m. when they host the 3 - 2 Cardinals of Ball State.

Today, Mary wants to take it easy and just read and cross-stitch. I think given her level of organizing activity of late, she deserves some down time. 

I will be doing some indoor chores and possibly reading our latest shared reading book out-loud. We are reading Midnight in Washington, by Congressman Adam Schiff. It is good and a fascinating read. I also want to watch a Hallmark Channel  movie tonight @ 8:00 p.m. I am a Christmas movie junkie. That's all folks! Ciao.